In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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